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Poverty as Business: The Grameen Bank and Yunus Center Phenomenon

By Akash Mazumder The global development discourse has long celebrated microfinance as a silver bullet for…

Awami League’s Korea unit slams Yunus for mobocracy, misrule

The South Korea chapter of the Bangladesh Awami League has observed the partyโ€™s 76th founding anniversary…

Global Peace Index: Bangladesh slides as Nobel Peace laureate promotes mob violence

Bangladesh has experienced a record slide of 33 steps in the Global Peace Index (GPI) ranking,…

Sing for Hope: Dr Yunus and his daughter Monicaโ€™s covert LGBT campaign

Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and his US citizen daughter, Monica Yunus, have come under renewed…

Hindu temple demolished in Khilkhet after ultimatum by Touhidi Janata

The railway authorities have demolished a makeshift Durga temple in the presence of army personnel and…

Awami League condemns mob attack on Netrokona leaderโ€™s house

A mob of the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and other Islamist parties unleashed terror in Netrokona on June…

Mobocracy: Hindus assaulted for alleged blasphemy as perpetrators enjoy impunity

Most recently, an elderly Hindu barber and his son were assaulted and handed over to the…

ICT-BD: Tribunal replaces pro-Jamaat lawyer in Sheikh Hasinaโ€™s contempt case

Following severe criticism, the Jamaat-controlled International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) has removed the state-appointed lawyer for Awami…

Assault on ex-CEC: 3 perpetrators get bail, but Nurul Huda remanded

The BNP-Jamaat-backed interim government has again set an ugly example of influencing the court by granting…

US bill strikes global terror funding: Implications for Bangladesh

By Rafael Khan In a historic move that could reshape global anti-terrorism strategy, the US House…

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